Drum & bass

Digital - Synthesis 

DIGITAL - 'SYNTHESIS' (COLLAB ALBUM) - PT 2 & 3  / VINYL 2 & 3 FT. DNBLINESMITH/T.SCIENCE/NFM/KLUTE

Releases

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http://www.functionrecords.co.uk/blog/news/ID/114

Spirit and I hit heavy with the dubbed out 'Stolen Desire' which I've featured in heaps of online mixes and club sets over the last 6 months.

My Phantom Audio partner Spirit and I team up with the multi talented, well travelled, all round straight up nice guy, Om Unit to bash out a deep and deadly track called 'Skull'.

'Jungle Jaw' is full of fun and energy to lift your day, or night if you're a DJ who loves their Jungle. I team up with Nomine aka Outrage aka Zero Bpm for 'Jungle Jaw' which is a pleasure as he's a long time friend with substance.

If there's anyone out there who can leisurely say he runs Function as much as I do its Kiat. He's always there for advice, he does the artwork off his own back and he releases on the label too. He still makes time for this while running the audio visual collective syndicate and design studio 'System Sovereign' , both together with his wife Cherry Chan.

I love our track 'War' for its brutal rawness. It's heavy!

Digital and Response 'Lost Life'

There's something a touch Euphoric about 'Lost Life' and on the other hand it seems very deep, dubby and dirty! Anyway, Response and I love it and we hope you do too.

Digital + Mad Vibes + Audio Habitat 'Rise'
After 'Maintain' was well received (the Digital, Mad Vibes & Audio Habitat track on my Dispatch Recordings EP last year) I had to check in with the guys to see if we could come up with another heavy, but smooth and lush tune. So check 'Rise' for the results.

Digital + Klute 'Lightworks'
Klute is only up the road from me, he's an old mate, a great producer and a bloody good dj so it was rude not to check him!

Digital + Total Science feat. Sofi Mari 'Catch'
Myself and Total Science go back a long way due to a a mutual old friend called Brillo aka Timeless Recordings so I'm really pleased to have them on the album. I thought 'Catch' would be a great fit for Total Science because they're very particular with their production and Mr scaredy cat Digital, has hardly done any vocal tracks so I didn't want to be responsible for ruining Sofi Mari's gorgeous voice! The other reason I asked them to be on the album is because they're one of my favourite artists in the dnb scene;-)

Digital + Drumsound & Bassline Smith 'Fire'
'Fire' is FIRE! Full on tear out business! It's an awesome follow up to the other smasher 'Bail Out' from myself and Drumsound & Bassline Smith late last year on the 'First World Problems' EP (Function 37) https://functionrecordsuk.bandcamp.com/album/first-world-problems-ep

Digital + Spirit + Need For Mirrors 'Infinity'

I love New Zealand aka my Second Home aka Aotearoa so each time Moses / Need For Mirrors speaks I don't hear much, I only hear the beautiful waves of the sea in Kaikoura. 'Infinity' sounds nothing like the sea but it's got a banging percussion lead, crashing breaks and a heavy amen drop at the back end.

Digital + Villem 'Bug Eye'
I think Villem and I may have a little thing going (In a musical sense! Plus I love his cats) because I absolutely love 'Bug Eye' for its fierce late 90's vibe and I seriously love 'Sun Bites' - a track forthcoming on my new Metalheadz EP which is quite musical ,but tough as well. I'm definitely going back to Villem for more so SEE YA SOON MATE!

Digital + Spirit 'Out Of Time'
Guess what? When Spirit and I were making 'Out Of Time' we were running out of time because albums have deadlines you know. Thank furk Spirit was around to help me on this project because time got super tight due to 1 or 2 artist no shows!



DIGITAL - SYNTHESIS

DNB - we are all humans

DC Breaks - Gambino / Burning feat.Camden Cox - out now 

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DC Breaks - Gambino



We are happy to announce that 'State of Mind's new album 'Eat the Rich’ will be released on our label Blackout Music NL. To celebrate this we decided to give away: State of Mind & Black Sun Empire - Unconscious, for free!

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Unconscious

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State Of Mind & Black Sun Empire - Unconscious - FREE DOWNLOAD

State Of Mind - Bigger Faster Stronger

BLCKTNL008: The Upbeats - Rituals

1 The Upbeats - Rituals
2 The Upbeats - Def Cresent
3 The Upbeats & InsideInfo - Epsilon
4 The Upbeats - Replacement
5 The Upbeats - Corposant

After their stunning album 'Primitive Technique' on Noisia's Vision Recordings we're proud to release their next EP on Blackout.

Release date:
Beatport: 5th of May
Worldwide: 19th of May


Rituals

THE UPBEATS - CORPOSANT - FREE DOWNLOAD

Up steps Skeptical to the Sun And Bass ones and twos for Podcast #25 – and once again he does what he does best, rolling out the beats and bass to maximum effect. 

Since his first releases a few years ago, Skeptical has been carving his own niche of stripped down beats and bass and fresh grooves, ensuring his name in the history books with the anthem ‘Marka’ alongside Dub Phizix and Strategy. 

His Sun And Bass Podcast once again shows his take on things – buckle up for the ride! 


SUN AND BASS Podcast #25 - Skeptical

Happy 2015 to all of you, and what better way to see in the New Year but with a new SUNANDBASS Podcast of the highest quality. The words sublime, special, forefront and unique are often banded about, but this mix truly has it in spades.

Podcast #32, our first for 2015, comes from one of the masters of our music, and this mix is nothing short of superb. A lesson in the creation of sound - no names, genres, pigeonholes needed, just genuinely fantastic music.

Up steps Calibre for the SUNANDBASS Podcast, and what a perfect start it is to 2015.

The tracklist is below but check this out first…

SUNANDBASS Reunion Party - Saturday 14th Feb 2015, Berlin

One of our favourite things about SUNANDBASS is the way it brings people together, so we’re very excited to announce the SUNANDBASS Reunion Party on Saturday 14th February 2015. 

Taking place in our home city of Berlin, we invite you to join us for a get together of friends, family and loved ones and the chance to share an evening of music, fun and memories.

As well as the possibility to catch up with some of your people from around the globe, we have bought together a line-up that guarantees to bring the SUNANDBASS vibe to one of Berlin’s most exciting and intimate venues.

We hope you might make the journey to come and join us, and very much look forward to welcome those of you that do.

DJs:
Calibre
Marcus Intalex
FD
Delicat
Soulsurfer
Rumba

Hosted by MC Soultrain

Ohm, Köpenicker Strasse 70, 10247 Berlin

23:00 – 07:00

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE FACEBOOK EVENT COMING SOON

SUNANDBASS Podcast #32 – Calibre - Tracklist:

calibre     ---    sant
vangelis    ---   the sleeping beauty
bremen    ---   sun son  
calibre     ---  lost
dominick martin    ---    beyond  
iasos    ---   the winds of olympus 
calibre    ---    so right
mary lattimore    ---    pluto the planet
calibre    ---    sand promise
calibre    ---    collision
calibre    ---    waiting for you
calibre    ---    thunder front
calibre    ---    poke
calibre    ---    don’t watch this
calibre    ---    heute
mi:sti:cal    ---    secret love
calibre    ---    error errant
duane pitre    ---    section I

SUNANDBASS Podcast #32 - Calibre

Drum & bass stalwarts Black Sun Empire are to follow up a trio of recent EPs from The Upbeats, Neonlight and Pythius with the release of ‘Until The World Ends’ - a five-track, collaborative EP with NZ duo State Of Mind. To be released on January 26th via their genre-defining Blackout imprint, it marks an exciting start to 2015.

Lead track ‘Ego’ immediately sets the tone with growling bass lines and punchy synth-stabs that underpin dark, techy atmospherics and vocal loops.

Second track ‘Until The World Ends’ proves once again both acts’ enduring versatility - kicking off with a bass-heavy dubstep tones complimented by vocal duties from State Of Mind’s fellow New Zealander PNC, before

switching to a manic, intelligently structured groove for the remainder.

‘Bad’ opens with progressive percussion and softly-worked synths that move euphorically to a pounding drum break, whilst fourth track ‘Jack Nicholson’, featuring an imitable sample of the man himself, is a bass-fuelled shockwave of a track. Final track.

‘Moonbox’ closes the EP in true Blackout fashion, with signature frenetic beats and firing drums rounding off proceedings in style.

Black Sun Empire have built a reputation for curating their own brand of dark, neurofunk-inspired drum & bass over the past 12 months and this collaboration with long term accomplices State Of Mind - whom released their latest album ‘Eat The Rich’ via the label earlier this year - feeds into the hype surrounding Blackout as the label looks ahead to 2015.

Tracklist: 
01 - Black Sun Empire & State of Mind feat. PNC - Until The World Ends 
02 - Black Sun Empire & State of Mind - Bad 
03 - Black Sun Empire & State of Mind - Ego 
04 - Black Sun Empire & State of Mind - Jack Nicholson 
05 - Black Sun Empire & State of Mind - Moonbox

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Black Sun Empire & State Of Mind Feat PNC - Until The World Ends

Continuing on their stellar run of form sees Villem & Mcleod drop another release of top drawer drum & bass. “Ain’t No Way” is pure dance floor goodness. Rolling drums, deep bassline stabs & vocal snippets all wrapped up perfectly. “Make Tomorrow” features the boys alongside friend Totem delivering a blissful, summery roller to please anyone. Twinkles of piano, female coos, distant horns shimmering along steppy drums. “Saved You” is a digital exclusive & sees the men going more for a head down, minimal affair. Something for everyone on this one.

WARM036
VILLEM & MCLEOD
A. AIN'T NO WAY
AA. MAKE TOMORROW [ ft. TOTEM]
SAVED YOU - *DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE

12" & DIGITAL

*100 of this release will be white & red marbled vinyl. The rest will be the standard black*

RELEASE DATE: 6.29.15

Villem & Mcleod - Saved You *Digital Exclusive | Out June 29

Villem & McLeod - Make Tomorrow [ft. Totem] | Out June 29

Villem & Mcleod - Ain't No Way | Out June 29

I came home from my gig in Germany feeling inspired, and the CDJ's were just staring at me. Egging me on... 
So here is a new studio mix featuring a load of new music (and of course a couple of old favourites).

30 Minutes of Philth - October 2015

1) Dawn Wall ft AI - Between The Sheets
2) Marcus Intalex - Cabal
3) Philth - Your Love
4) dBridge - True Romance
5) Dawn Wall - Kythera
6) Facing Jinx ft Formik - Drifting
7) Archetype - The Tempest
8) Mortem - Proximity
9) Fierce and Zero T - Intrisic
10) Raw Q and Ben Soundscape - Song We Love
11) Klute - Westernised
12) Zero T - Gift Horse
13) Olski - Promise
14) Need For Mirrors - Chariot
15) Reprazent - Watching Windows (DJ Die Gnarly remix)
16) HLZ - Corals
17) Martyn nytraM - To The Caves
18) Philth - Souzou VIP
19) Cern and Mayhem - Hydraulic
20) Dextems - Vacuum
21) Signal and Lockjaw - Vollzeit
22) Arkaik - Moving On
23) Philth - Mammoth
24) Fierce and Zero T - See Through


30 Minutes Of Philth - October 2015

Villem & McLeod wrap up the EP with ‘Strange You’. A super tight halftime number, it’s flittering percussion and edits sit neatly alongside the morphing talking bassline after a smooth and cinematic intro. It draws the listener in with its softer elements and layered feel, but then sets the floor alight with it’s big sound and rolling beat.

CIAQS007D Villem & Mcleod - Strange You

SYNTHESIS ALBUM PART 1 

My Phantom Audio partner Spirit and I team up with the multi talented, well travelled, all round straight up nice guy, Om Unit to bash out a deep and deadly track called 'Skull'. 

Spirit and I don't do too bad with the dubbed out 'Stolen Desire' which I've featured in heaps of online mixes and club sets over the last 6 months. 

'Jungle Jaw' is full of fun and energy to lift your day, or night if you're a DJ who loves their Jungle. I team up with Nomine aka Outrage aka Zero Bpm for 'Jungle Jaw' which is a pleasure as he's a long time friend with substance.

If there's anyone out there who can leisurely say he runs Function as much as I do its Kiat. He's always there for advice, he does the artwork off his own back and he releases on the label too. He still makes time for this while running the audio visual collective syndicate and design studio 'System Sovereign' , both together with his wife Cherry Chan.

I love our track 'War' for its brutal rawness. It's heavy!

4) WAR - DIGITAL + KIAT

SYNTHESIS ALBUM PART 1

DIGITAL....

My Phantom Audio partner Spirit and I team up with the multi talented, well travelled, all round straight up nice guy, Om Unit to bash out a deep and deadly track called 'Skull'. 

Spirit and I don't do too bad with the dubbed out 'Stolen Desire' which I've featured in heaps of online mixes and club sets over the last 6 months. 

'Jungle Jaw' is full of fun and energy to lift your day, or night if you're a DJ who loves their Jungle. I team up with Nomine aka Outrage aka Zero Bpm for 'Jungle Jaw' which is a pleasure as he's a long time friend with substance.

If there's anyone out there who can leisurely say he runs Function as much as I do its Kiat. He's always there for advice, he does the artwork off his own back and he releases on the label too. He still makes time for this while running the audio visual collective syndicate and design studio 'System Sovereign' , both together with his wife Cherry Chan.

I love our track 'War' for its brutal rawness. It's heavy!

DIGITAL - SYNTHESIS 

3) JUNGLE JAW - DIGITAL+NOMINE

SYNTHESIS ALBUM PART 1

DIGITAL...

My Phantom Audio partner Spirit and I team up with the multi talented, well travelled, all round straight up nice guy, Om Unit to bash out a deep and deadly track called 'Skull'. 

Spirit and I don't do too bad with the dubbed out 'Stolen Desire' which I've featured in heaps of online mixes and club sets over the last 6 months. 

'Jungle Jaw' is full of fun and energy to lift your day, or night if you're a DJ who loves their Jungle. I team up with Nomine aka Outrage aka Zero Bpm for 'Jungle Jaw' which is a pleasure as he's a long time friend with substance.

If there's anyone out there who can leisurely say he runs Function as much as I do its Kiat. He's always there for advice, he does the artwork off his own back and he releases on the label too. He still makes time for this while running the audio visual collective syndicate and design studio 'System Sovereign' , both together with his wife Cherry Chan.

I love our track 'War' for its brutal rawness. It's heavy!

2) SKULL - DIGITAL+SPIRIT+OM UNIT

SYNTHESIS ALBUM PART 1 

DIGITAL...

My Phantom Audio partner Spirit and I team up with the multi talented, well travelled, all round straight up nice guy, Om Unit to bash out a deep and deadly track called 'Skull'. 

Spirit and I don't do too bad with the dubbed out 'Stolen Desire' which I've featured in heaps of online mixes and club sets over the last 6 months. 

'Jungle Jaw' is full of fun and energy to lift your day, or night if you're a DJ who loves their Jungle. I team up with Nomine aka Outrage aka Zero Bpm for 'Jungle Jaw' which is a pleasure as he's a long time friend with substance.

If there's anyone out there who can leisurely say he runs Function as much as I do its Kiat. He's always there for advice, he does the artwork off his own back and he releases on the label too. He still makes time for this while running the audio visual collective syndicate and design studio 'System Sovereign' , both together with his wife Cherry Chan.

I love our track 'War' for its brutal rawness. It's heavy!

1) STOLEN DESIRE - DIGITAL+SPIRIT

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Next up on the label mix front is a relatively underrated producer on the label, releasing some stunning music with us recently – Structured. 

A key feature in the recent DBR UK album, working together on standout tracks including ‘Time Will Tell’ (vinyl out now) and ‘Blood Water’, he returns with the trio for a collaborative EP set for a Spring release. 

Digging through to deliver an exclusive mix that covers the full spectrum, available to stream and download. 

The long awaited vinyl of Rough EdgesPt. 2 is out now, featuring 'Time Will Tell' - http://bit.ly/1OR4Ndb 

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Tracklist:

Cern & Hydro - Those left behind (Dispatch)
Amoss & Dabs - Latch (Dispatch)
Simsta Venom
Andy Skopes & Denial - Missions (Dispatch)
DBR UK & Structured - Open (Dispatch)
Enei & Mefjus - Dead Space - (Critical)
Cern - Tiamat (VIP) (Dispatch)
DBR UK - Demolition - (Feat Slippy Skills) (Dispatch)
Soularize - Tunnel Vision (Broken Audio)
Zero T - My name (Dispatch)
DRS - The view (Feat LSB & Tyler Daily (Soul:r)
DBR UK & Structured - - - - (Dispatch)
Cern & Nymfo - Proton Pack (Project 51)
Gera & Stone - Back hand (DLR's dog bite remix) (Dispatch)
DBR UK & Skeptical - Hexton (Dispatch)
Scar - Twice Shy (Dispatch)
Survival - Dub Soldier (Dispatch)DBR UK & Structured - Time Will Tell (Feat Amanda Seal) (Dispatch)
Amoss - Crab stance (Flexout)
Mikal - At the controls (Metalheadz)
DBR UK & Structured - Blood Water (Feat Mc Fokus) (Dispatch)

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Dispatch Recordings - www.facebook.com/DispatchRecordings
Soundcloud - @anttc1

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Structured - Dispatch Recordings Label Mix, February 2016

I think Villem and I may have a little thing going (In a musical sense!) because I absolutely love 'Bug Eye' for it's fierce late 90's vibe and I absolutely love 'Sun Bites' (a track forthcoming on my new Metalheadz EP this year) because it's lush and PHAT. See ya soon mate!


11) Bug Eye Digital + Villem

'Fire' is FIRE! Full on tear out business! It's an awesome follow up to the other smasher 'Bail Out' from myself and Drumsound & Bassline Smith late last year on Function 37.functionrecordsuk.bandcamp.com/album/fir…oblems-ep

9) Fire Digital + Drumsound & Bassline Smith

Myself and Total Science go back a long way because we have an old  mutual friend called Brillo aka Timeless Recordings so I'm really pleased to have them on the album. I thought 'Catch' would be a great fit for Total Science because they're very particular with their production and Mr scaredy cat Digital has hardly done any vocal tracks, so I didn't want to be responsible for ruining Sofi Mari's gorgeous voice lol The other reason I asked them to be on the album is because they're one of my favourite artists in the dnb scene;-)



8) Catch Digital, Total Science, Sofi Mari

Klute is only up the road from me, he's an old mate, a great producer and a bloody good dj so it was rude not to check him!


7) Lightworks Digital + Klute



After 'Maintain' (the Digital, Mad Vibes & Audio Habitat track on my Dispatch Recordings EP last year) was well received I had to check in with the guys to see if we could come up with another heavy, but smooth and lush tune. So check 'Rise' for the results.



6) Rise Digital, Mad Vibes, Audio Habitat

There's something a touch Euphoric about
 'Lost Life' and on the other hand it seems very deep at times. Anyway, Response and I love it and we hope you do too.


5) Lost Life  Digital + Response

Please send demos to stevedigital41@gmail.com

11) Bug Eye Digital + Villem

Function Records UK